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UK companies are placing themselves at risk of cyberattacks and data breaches as a result of rampant use of cloud storage services and unclear or non-existent corporate policies according to research released today by WinMagic Inc. The survey, conducted by CensusWide, of 1,000 office workers in organisations of 50 or more employees revealed widespread, and often unilateral employee use of cloud storage services could be leaving businesses with poor visibility of where their data is...

A new survey from Lieberman Software Corporation revealed that 92 percent of IT security professionals believe that cyber security drills are a good way to prepare for cyber attacks. However, 63 percent of those surveyed admitted that their organisations never run such drills, or only do so annually. The study was carried out at Black Hat Conference 2015, and looked at the attitudes of nearly 150 IT security professionals. It also revealed that only 11 percent of organisations...

Imperva, Inc. (NYSE:IMPV) committed to protecting business-critical data and applications in the cloud and on-premises, today unveiled its latest Hacker Intelligence Initiative (HII) Report: “Phishing Trip to Brazil.” This new report, published by the Imperva Application Defense Center (ADC), offers a detailed look at a cyber attack targeting consumers using a banking Trojan, and shows how consumer-centric cyber crimes can compromise the enterprise. The report also demonstrates that despite potential anti-malware defenses, attacks that target...

Kaspersky Lab warns about the activity of an Arabic-speaking cyber-criminal group given the name ‘The Gaza cyber-gang’ by the cybersecurity experts. It is operating in the Middle East and North Africa  (MENA) region,  mainly in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The group has been operating since 2012 and became particularly active in the second and third quarters of 2015. The attackers focus on government entities, especially embassies, and primarily target information technology (IT)...

If security researchers get no response from manufacturers when disclosing vulnerabilities with life-threatening implications, the majority of IT security professionals (64%) believe that the information should then be made public, according to new research conducted by Unified Security Management™ leader AlienVault™. More than 650 IT security professionals were surveyed at the Black Hat 2015 Conference in Las Vegas and asked what was the best course of action when a vulnerability is found on an internet-connected device that...

Thales, leader in critical information systems and cybersecurity, announces the publication of its 2015 PKI Global Trends Study. The report, based on independent research by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Thales, reveals an increased reliance on public key infrastructures (PKIs) in today’s enterprise environment, supporting a growing number of applications. At the same time, however, there is a general lack of clear PKI ownership, as well as a lack of resources and skills to...

It seems like phishing and spear phishing are constantly in the news, usually accompanied by an announcement of yet another major data breach! The first recorded phishing event occurred in the mid-1990's, and the attacks have grown in scope and sophistication as technology has improved over the past twenty years. OPSWAT thought it would be interesting to research the history of phishing; the results are in the infographic below, alongside some of the latest phishing statistics and prevention measures.  

IBM today announced new cloud security technology that helps safeguard the increasing use of “bring your own” cloud-based apps at work. Cloud Security Enforcer is the first technology to combine cloud identity management (Identity-as-a-Service) with the ability for companies to discover outside apps being accessed by their employees, including those they are using on their mobile devices. These combined capabilities result in the ability for companies to enable their workforce with a secure way to...

Global Risk Technologies, a leading technology company specialising in chargeback compliance, is warning online merchants that the rollout of chip and PIN card protection (EMV) in the United States is set to cause a major shift in credit card fraud to card-not-present (CNP) transactions in the UK and Europe. On 1st October, the US reaches the deadline set for its liability shift to EMV protection on credit and debit cards. From this date, the party...

Kount, a leading provider of fraud detection and sales boosting technology has announced that it has integrated Emailage, an innovative new fraud prevention solution that gives merchants the ability to assess and leverage risk based on a user’s email address. Email addresses are universal data points that are already collected during most transactions and, sometimes, the only data point available to a merchant. Yet even with this limited information, Emailage can provide intelligent fraud risk...